Last Modified: Friday, November 21, 2008 at 11:54 p.m.

He had at least a dozen tackles, a sack, and his most important stat of all - an 89-yard interception return for a touchdown, leading the Bearcats to an impressive 35-7 pasting of Jordan-Matthews and into next week's 1-AA quarterfinals at former conference-rival Murphy.

"When Cedrick (Allen) went down, we all stepped up, especially this guy right here," HHS coach B.J. Laughter said, patting Young's chest. "He's going to be one of the better linebackers around when it's all said and done."

One of the best running backs around went down akwardly at the 10:35 mark in the second quarter, and players around a fallen Allen immediately signalled for the trainers. It looked like his left knee buckled as he was tackled, and moments later he was helped off the field and taken back to the locker room.

"We're not sure yet the extent of the injury, so I can't say anything right now. I know it didn't look good," Laughter said.

Allen, wearing a brace on his left leg and walking on crutches, returned to the sideline to start the second half to cheer on his teammates.

Hendersonville's defense seemed to play inspired after that and held the Jets scoreless until midway through the fourth quarter. Leading the way was Young, who was relentlessly pressuring Jets senior quarterback Justin Glover. His huge defensive play came in the closing seconds of the third quarter.

Down 15-0 and threatening to score at the Bearcat 11, Glover went back in the pocket and fired a shot to the right. Young was there in a flash, caught the ball, and raced 89 yards for the touchdown, putting the game out of reach at 21-0.

"They had ran that play a couple of times, so I had seen it. So I got it and just took it to the house," Young said.

The Bearcats' other points came via a 25-yard field goal by Will Roper, two Ben Walgenbach touchdown runs of 1 and 35 yards, a 15-yard sprint to paydirt by Lance Allen, and a 2-yard plunge by Corey Cook.

Hendersonville (12-1), the third seed in the 1-AA west, travels to unbeaten Murphy (13-0), the second seed, next week.

<p>When Hendersonville's brightest star went down Friday night at Dietz Field, the Bearcats' other stars lit up, especially sophomore linebacker Laquan Young.</p><p>He had at least a dozen tackles, a sack, and his most important stat of all - an 89-yard interception return for a touchdown, leading the Bearcats to an impressive 35-7 pasting of Jordan-Matthews and into next week's 1-AA quarterfinals at former conference-rival Murphy.</p><p>"When Cedrick (Allen) went down, we all stepped up, especially this guy right here," HHS coach B.J. Laughter said, patting Young's chest. "He's going to be one of the better linebackers around when it's all said and done."</p><p>One of the best running backs around went down akwardly at the 10:35 mark in the second quarter, and players around a fallen Allen immediately signalled for the trainers. It looked like his left knee buckled as he was tackled, and moments later he was helped off the field and taken back to the locker room.</p><p>"We're not sure yet the extent of the injury, so I can't say anything right now. I know it didn't look good," Laughter said.</p><p>Allen, wearing a brace on his left leg and walking on crutches, returned to the sideline to start the second half to cheer on his teammates.</p><p>Hendersonville's defense seemed to play inspired after that and held the Jets scoreless until midway through the fourth quarter. Leading the way was Young, who was relentlessly pressuring Jets senior quarterback Justin Glover. His huge defensive play came in the closing seconds of the third quarter.</p><p>Down 15-0 and threatening to score at the Bearcat 11, Glover went back in the pocket and fired a shot to the right. Young was there in a flash, caught the ball, and raced 89 yards for the touchdown, putting the game out of reach at 21-0.</p><p>"They had ran that play a couple of times, so I had seen it. So I got it and just took it to the house," Young said.</p><p>The Bearcats' other points came via a 25-yard field goal by Will Roper, two Ben Walgenbach touchdown runs of 1 and 35 yards, a 15-yard sprint to paydirt by Lance Allen, and a 2-yard plunge by Corey Cook.</p><p>Hendersonville (12-1), the third seed in the 1-AA west, travels to unbeaten Murphy (13-0), the second seed, next week.</p><p>Summary</p><p>;J-M;HHS</p><p>First downs;11;12</p><p>Rushes-yards;36-163;36-199</p><p>Passing;4-20-2;3-7-0</p><p>Passing yards;73;52</p><p>Punts;1-21;3-37</p><p>Fumbles-lost;8-4;3-2</p><p>Penalties-yards;6-55;4-30</p><p>Jordan-Matthews:;0;0;0;7;-;7</p><p>Hendersonville:;0;9;12;14;-;35</p><p>HHS - Roper 25 field goal.</p><p>HHS - Walgenbach 1 run, kick failed.</p><p>HHS - Allen 15 run, pass failed.</p><p>HHS - Young 89 interception return.</p><p>HHS - Walgenbach 35 run, Roper kick.</p><p>J-M - K. Glover 85 kickoff return, Bray kick.</p><p>HHS - Cook 2 run, Roper kick.</p>